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- Dictionaryrehearsal/rɪˈhəːsl/
noun
- 1. a practice or trial performance of a play or other work for later public performance: "rehearsals for the opera season" Similar
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a time when all the people involved in a play, dance, etc. practise in order to prepare for a performance: They didn't have time for (a) rehearsal before the performance. He's a producer with three plays in rehearsal. Compare. dry run. practice noun (TRAINING) Fewer examples.
The meaning of REHEARSAL is something recounted or told again : recital. How to use rehearsal in a sentence.
Rehearsal definition: a session of exercise, drill, or practice, usually private, in preparation for a public performance, ceremony, etc.. See examples of REHEARSAL used in a sentence.
1. a session of practising a play, concert, speech etc, in preparation for public performance. 2. the act of going through or recounting; recital: rehearsal of his own virtues was his usual occupation. 3. (Theatre) in rehearsal being prepared for public performance.
When you practice for a play, read your speech in front of a mirror, or go through a dance performance before the big show, you're taking part in a rehearsal. Any kind of practice session can be called a rehearsal, like a wedding rehearsal or a musician's rehearsal.
(rɪhɜːʳsəl ) Word forms: plural rehearsals. 1. variable noun B2. A rehearsal of a play, dance, or piece of music is a practice of it in preparation for a performance. The band was scheduled to begin rehearsals for a concert tour. [ + for] Mornings were spent in rehearsal, afternoons in performance. [ Also + of]
[countable, usually singular] rehearsal (for something) an experience or event that helps to prepare you for something that is going to happen in the future. These training exercises are designed to be a rehearsal for the invasion. Life is not a rehearsal.
